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Here’s What You Need to Know About OpenVMS Maintenance
If you run an enterprise level business, you’re probably familiar with OpenVMS maintenance. Whether you need it for email servers, critical applications, or databases, OpenVMS is an old friend that you really can’t do without–even though it just quietly operates in the background.
What is OpenVMS?
Basically, OpenVMS is a high-end operating system (OS) because of its adaptability during disaster recovery, high level of security, and transaction and batch processing. OpenVMS maintenance can be performed without disrupting the regular workflow of a large company.
VMS Software Inc. still owns the rights to OpenVMS software, and VSI is also the only developer (courtesy of HP)–contrary to what the name may imply, OpenVMS is not an open-source software program, although rights can be purchased. The latest release of OpenVMS was on Sept. 23, 2016.
What About This Software Makes OpenVMS Maintenance Easier?
“Clustering” was one of OpenVMS’s original features that made it so appealing to enterprise size companies. What’s the benefit of cluster configuration in regard to OpenVMS maintenance? First off, you can perform rolling upgrades on the operating system, rather than upgrading the whole thing at once.
Secondly, files can be accessed by multiple cluster nodes at the same time–an obvious benefit for large companies with several departments trying to access the same disk.
Security is another benefit of OpenVMS, due in part to a broad range of modifiers (including resource and subsystem modifiers). Other features that set OpenVMS apart at the time of its conception is its batch processing and transaction processing.
Where Does That Leave Open VMS Maintenance Today?
If you haven’t switched to a more modern system like Windows NT, and if you are still using OpenVMS for critical applications, mail servers, or workflow monitoring, you might need support and/or maintenance.
Our team includes knowledgeable OpenVMS experts who would love to keep your virtual memory system running at its best. Give us a call at (888) 596-4720 to learn more.